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Featured Interview |
Testing for Pesticides and Mycotoxins in Cannabis:
How to Meet Regulatory Requirements |
As more states legalize cannabis, increasingly stringent testing requirements are being developed on the state level for pesticide and mycotoxin levels in cannabis products. Cannabis is a very complex matrix, which makes testing to the specified levels a challenge for many laboratories. Avinash Dalmia, a principal R&D Scientist with PerkinElmer, has been working to solve this problem using a liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) method with electrospray ionization (ESI) and atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI). Here, Dalmia discusses that research and previews an upcoming paper on the topic for our September issue.
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Application Note |
Purple Pigmentation in Cannabis |
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